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Friday, February 19, 2010

Chinese New Year

This year in Paris the Chinese New Year celebrations have been taking place since February 14 and they will end on the 21st in the 13th arrondissement, which is where you will find the largest Chinese (but not only Chinese - people from Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos) communities. There are fours parades in total (in the 3rd, the 20th, the 13th and, for the first time this year the 17th arrondissement). May crackers and dragons scare away the bad economy and happy new year to my Chinese visitors (actually Blogger is blocked by the "Great Firewall" in mainland China, so, I don't have many visitors from that part of the world...).

15 comments:

Gung Hay Fat Choy to you too, Eric. San Francisco's celebrations include the parade (last weekend in Feb) and a Miss Chinatown pageant. I pass through Chinatown almost every day, but avoid it during New Year's celebrations because of the crowds.Hope you are enjoying your warm respite.

Gung hey fat choy! I like your sentiments about what the firecrackers can chase away :-). I heard Iran had counseled with China about it's internet/social networking crackdown. Very sad to have censorship, especially when it blocks all the wonderful things about cultural exchange. Lovely Parisian dragon dance photo!Hope you are warming up now on your vacation!-Kim

The maritime museum here in Liverpool is showing an exhibition of photos of China in the 1800s, taken by an intrepid early photo-blogger! Thought you might like them: www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/maritime/exhibitions/china/

Happy New Year all! Welcome to the year of the Tiger. This is my daughter's year and tomorrow will also be her birthday. The photo is nice but, Eric, where's the tiger ? I love them : beautiful, clever, powerful. Animal :)

Clare, thanks for your news about this exhibition : China through the lens of John Thomson 1868 - 1872. That is really interesting to travel in time. Beautiful portraits. Love it and thank you very much for sharing it. Useful. I wish I could go to China one day.

I knew you were going to post a Chinese New Year's photo! I like the lighting you chose.

Chinese New Year -- the year of the Tiger. I made Chinese stir fry and sweet & sour pork. I tried to watch the film "Two Brothers" (2004) by French director Jean-Jacques Annaud. It's about two tigers, very cute at the beginning (but a miserably sad film until the end when the brothers link up again). Chinese New Year -- the year of the Tiger starts tomorrow. I made Chinese stir fry and sweet & sour pork. I tried to watch the film "Two Brothers" (2004) by French director Jean-Jacques Annaud. It's about two tigers, very cute at the beginning (but a miserably sad film until the end when the brothers link up again).

Hi Eric! Enjoy your vacations in the warmth of Africa! It is still cold in Paris, pfff! Don't forget to think to me while you are taking the sun :) For sure Drummond but don't worry : my opportunity to cross a tiger path in Paris is very low... ;)